{"id":39864,"date":"2017-11-28T12:01:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T12:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=39864"},"modified":"2017-11-28T12:01:36","modified_gmt":"2017-11-28T12:01:36","slug":"make-pottery-christmas-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2017\/11\/28\/make-pottery-christmas-market\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Pottery at Christmas Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>One-of-a-kind pottery is on Father Christmas&#8217;s Wishlist this holiday season and is a big hit at the Christmas market<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pottery making is a big hit in the Christmas market this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All sorts of customers; from families to tourists, come to this one-of-a-kind pottery making shop to gift their loved ones something unique for the holiday season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The shop is owned by Matthew Jones, who has his own studio in Blackwood. However, this is the only time when people can make their own creations with the clay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_39901\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 450px\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-39901 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/IMG_0478.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew Jones doing pottery making\" width=\"450\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/IMG_0478.jpg 450w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/IMG_0478-300x135.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-39901 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/IMG_0478.jpg\" alt=\"Matthew Jones doing pottery making\" width=\"450\" height=\"203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/IMG_0478.jpg 450w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2017\/11\/IMG_0478-300x135.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/noscript> Matthew Jones in his stall at the Christmas market<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Matthew has been making pottery for the last 15 years. He graduated from University of Wales Institute Cardiff \u00a0in 2005 in Ceramics, and opened his own studio in 2006. Matthew has been in business by himself, and has recently hired someone new to help him out in the market. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Good deeds<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Besides making beautiful works of art, he helps people deal with their own personal battles as they zone out while using the clay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Matthew Jones says about some of his customers, \u201cI\u2019ve worked with people who have special needs, and I have worked with people who have been unemployed long term. This is like a confidence building exercise for them.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Get creative<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The make-your-own-pottery shop is open at the Christmas Market, from 10am-6pm. It is a quick and simple procedure, with a machine that the customer has to press a pedal to operate. They sit and get comfortable, while playing with the clay. Matthew assists the customer, though it is all up to the customer to create whatever their heart\u2019s desire. It is on the side of the stall, so anyone walking around in the Christmas Market can stand and watch someone make their own pottery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It cost \u00a35 to make the pottery, or someone can buy their own pottery and paint pottery, varying in prices from \u00a35 to \u00a38. People can also buy Matthew pottery in the shop as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For more information on Matthew or to order some of his work, check out his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/aveagoceramics.co.uk\/home\/\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/food\/cardiff-christmas-market-returns-this-week\">Check out to see what else the Christmas market has to offer for Cardiff.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-of-a-kind pottery is on Father Christmas&#8217;s Wishlist this holiday season and is a big hit at the Christmas market<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":300,"featured_media":39984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[1927,6126],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-39864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-active-life","tag-cardiff-christmas-market","tag-pottery-making"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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